GCELiterature in EnglishNon-African Poetry2022

The dominant literary device in William Blake's 'The Tyger' is

Asimile, comparing the tiger to a burning flame
Bapostrophe, as the poet directly addresses the tigerCORRECT
Callegory, using the tiger to represent political revolution
Donomatopoeia, imitating the sounds of the jungle
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Throughout the poem, Blake directly addresses the tiger with a series of questions — 'Tyger Tyger, burning bright... What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?' — making apostrophe the dominant device. The tiger is not present but is spoken to as though it were. This device allows Blake to explore profound questions about creation and the nature of God.
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